You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too lateRalph Waldo Emerson

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No 278 - March 31st, 2014 - The saga of the lost wallet'Inspirational
messages to refresh the spirit and boost the emotional bank account'

The saga of the lost wallet

I
suspect it's an indication of low expectations that I was so
delightfully surprised when I found a note on my door Saturday afternoon
from a person who said they found my wallet a few hours earlier.
Apparently, after pulling out my credit card to get gas, I put my wallet
on the top of the car for a moment to answer a phone call. Obviously, I
forgot and drove off.

Patrick and Catherine saw the wallet
in the middle of the road a few blocks from the gas station. They
stopped their car to retrieve it. It was filled with all the things one
keeps in a wallet these days, including an emergency $100 bill and other
cash.

There was no home phone number, but
they got an address from my driver's license, and as true good
Samaritans, they decided to drive to my home to return it. When I didn't
answer the door, they left a note with their phone number.

When I went to get the wallet I was
so relieved and grateful I intended to give them the $100 bill emergency
as an expression of gratitude, but Patrick refused. He said he was just
glad he could be of help.

Patrick and Catherine were
instinctively honest, but they believed in the Golden Rule as well.
There were business cards in the wallet with my office phone number.
They could have waited until Monday to call, but they didn't. They drove
over to my house because they realized the trauma the loss of a wallet
and all its contents could cause.

I'm sure there are other people who would've done what they did, but not nearly enough.